Emergency Action Procedures of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (EAP-JCS)

THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20301

SM-244-79
17 April 1979

MEMORANDUM FOR: See Distribution

Subject: Emergency Action Procedures of the Joint Chiefs

of Staff, V.olume I - General (U)

1. ( U ) The Emergency Action Procedures of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff have been revised to accommodate the implementation
of SIOP 5, Revision DELTA.

3. (U) Attention. is directed to Chapter 1 regarding repro-
duction and release of emergency action procedures. All
recipients of this document must insure strict compliance
with the direction contained therein. Under no circum-
stances will Emergency Action Procedures of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff be released to any agencies or individuals outside
the Department of Defense who are not on distribution for
this document, unless such distribution has been approved
in accordance with JCS Memorandum of Policy No. 39, "Special
Safeguards for JCS Papers."

CLASSIFIED BY DIRECTOR, J-3
DATE FOR REVIEW IS 1 MARCH 1999
EXTENDED BY DIRECTOR, J-3
REASON: 5200. 1R, par 2-301c6

WITHOUT ATTACHMENT
DECLASSIFIED ON 1 MARCH 1985

4. (U) Without attachment, this memorandum is downgraded to
CONFIDENTIAL.

HERBERT B. KUYKENDALL
Captain, USN
Secretary, JCS

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DISTRIBUTION

Commander in Chief, Atlantic
(Attention: J-31)

Commander in Chief, Aerospace Defense Command
(Attention: DOP, COOP-X)

US Commander in Chief, Europe
(Attention: ECJ3-CCD)

Commander in Chief, Military Airlift Command
(Attention: DOC)

Commander in Chief, Pacific
(Attention: J-33)

Commander in Chief, Readiness Command
(Attention: RCJ3-0E)

Commander in Chief, Southern Command
(Attention: SCJ3)

Commander in Chief, Strategic Air Command
(Attention: DOCC, DOCO)

Commander, Alaskan Air Command
(Attention: DOC)

Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff
(Attention: JP, JL)

Director, National Security Agency
(Attention: S-14)

Director, Defense Communications Agency
(Attention: CCTC/C-650, C-660)

Deputy Directors for Operations, National Military Command
Center

Chief, Alternate National Military Command Center
Chief, National Emergency Airborne Command Post
Chief, Strategic Defense Branch,

Strategic Operations Division, J-3
Chief, Strategic Offense Branch,

Strategic Operations Division, J-3
Chief, Nuclear Contingency Branch,

Strategic Operations Division, J-3
Chief, Nuclear Weapons Branch,

Strategic Operations Division, J-3
Chief, Nuclear Warfare Status Branch,

Strategic Operations Division, J-3
Chief, Requirements Branch, Joint Operations Division, J-3
Chief, Operations Branch, NMCS Support Division, J-3
Chief, Operations Branch, Telecommunications
Chief, Requirements Branch, WWMCCS Plans and
Requirements Division

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EMERGENCY ACTION PROCEDURES OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF < U )

TABLE OF CONTENTS (II)

VOLUME I

PAGE

GLOSSARY

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CHAPTER 1

GENERAL

1-1

Purpose

1-1

Concept

1-1

Reproduction and Release of

Emergency Action Procedures

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Revisions to the Publication

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CHAPTER 2

RESPONSIBILITIES

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Commanders of Unified and

Specified Commands

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The Military Services

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Defense Communications Agency

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The Organization of the Joint

Chiefs of Staff

2-2

Responsibilities in Connection with
SIOP Execution Messages

2-2

CHAPTER 3

DEFINITIONS

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Alert System of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff 3-1

Attack Options 3-1

Emergency

Action Messages

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Executing

Commander

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Execut ing

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Major NATO Commanders 3-4

Maximum Readiness 3-4

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CHAPTER 4
Section I

Section II
Section III
Section IV
CHAPTER 5

National Command Authorities 3-5

NORAD/ADCOM Terms of Reference for
Control of Nuclear Weapons 3-5

Prohibitions and Withholds 3-6

ZULU 3-8

BACKGROUND 4-1

Alert System of the Joint Chiefs

of Staff 4-1

NATO Alert System 4-7

Missile Warning Systems 4-17

Communication Systems 4-23

AUTHENTICATION AND CODE SYSTEMS 5-1

General 5-1

Table of Contents

Air Activity Conference

Changes to NORAD/ADCOM Procedures

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CHAPTER 9

REQUESTS FOR SELECTIVE RELEASE OF

NUCLEAR WEAPONS

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General

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GLOSSARY

VOLUMES I, II, III, IV, AND V

The abbreviations, brevity codes, and acronyms listed below are
in use in Volumes I, II, III, IV, and V of the Emergency Action
Procedures of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

ADCOM Aerospace Defense Command

AFSATCOM Air Force Satellite Communications System

AIG ......Address indicating group

ALSIOP Collective routing indicator for Single

Integrated Operational Plan emergency
actions messages

ANMCC .Alternate National Military Command Center

ANMCC .Alternate National Military Command Center

AUTODIN Automatic Digital Network

AUTOSEVOCOM Automatic Secure Voice Communications

AUTOVON .Automatic Voice Network

SMEWS ...Ballistic Missile Early Warning System

CAOSOP. ......... -Coord inated Atomic Operations Standing Operating

Procedures

CCPDS.... .Command Center processing and Display System

CEP Circular error probable

CIC Content indicator code

CINC Commander in Chief

CINCAD Commander in Chief, Aerospace Defense Command

CINCLANT Commander in Chief, Atlantic

CINCMAC Commander in Chief, Military Airlift Command

CINCNORAD Commander in Chief, North American Air Defense

Command

CINCPAC. Commander in Chief, Pacific

CINC SAC .Commander in Chief, Strategic Air Command

CONUS. .......... .Continental United States

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CHI Collective routing indicator

DDO (NMCC) Deputy Director for Operations (National Military

Command Center), Joint Staff

DEFCON.. Defense readiness condition

DGZ Desired ground zero

DIRNSA. Director, National Security Agency

DSP Defense Support Program

EA. . Emergency action(s)

EAM Emergency action message

EAP Emergency action procedures

EAP-JCS Emergency Action procedures of the Joint Chiefs

• of Staff

EC P Emergency command precedence

EHF Extremely high frequency

EMERGCON Emergency condition

ERCS Emergency Rocket Communications System

FLTSAT Fleet Communications Satellites

HF... High frequency

HF/SSB High frequency/single side band

ICBM Intercontinental ballistic missile

IEMATS Improved Emergency Message Automatic Transmission

System

J-3 Operations Directorate, Joint Staff

JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff

JCSAN JCS Alerting Network

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JSCP

Joint Strategic Capability Plan
Joint task force

JTF

LANTCOM Atlantic .Command

LERTCON .....Alert condition

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LF Low frequency

MAC Military Ai-rlift Command

MEECN Minimum Essential Emergency Communications

Ne two r k

MHZ Megahertz

MOLINK Direct communications link (US-USSR)

NATO.. North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NCA .National Command Authorities

NE North East

NEACP National Emergency Airborne Command Post

NM ;. .Nautical miles

NW North West

OJCS Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

PACCS Post Attack Command Central System (SAC)

PACOM ....Pacific Command

PARCS Perimeter Acquisiton Radar Attack

Charac te r i za t ion System

SAC Strategic Air Command

SACEUR ...Supreme Allied Commander, Europe

SACLANT Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic

SAO Selected Attack Option

Glossary

SIOP Single Integrated Operational Plan

SLBM Sea-launched ballistic missile

SSBN Fleet ballistic missile submarine

TACAMO Take Charge and Move Out (Navy VLF relay

aircraft)

TDD .....Target DGZ designator

UHF Ultra high frequency

UK United Kingdom

US United States

USCINCEUR US Commander in Chief, Europe

USC I NCRED Commander in Chief, US Readiness Command

USC INCSO Commander in Chief, US Southern Command

USEUCOM US European Command

USREDCOM ..US Readiness Command

USSOUTHCOM US Southern Command

USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

VLF Very low frequency

WWABNCP Worldwide Airborne Command Post System

WWMCCS Worldwide Military Command and Control

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CHAPTER 1

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GENERAL (U) 2

1. (C) Purpose . The purpose of the Emergency Actions 3
Procedures of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is to prescribe the 4
emergency action messages and associated conferences and 5
procedures used by the Joint Chiefs of Staff to maintain 6_
worldwide command and control of US Forces and US nuclear 7
weapons. 8

2. (U) Concept . The Emergency Action Procedures of the 9^
Joint Chiefs of Staff are designed for use in emergency 1_0
situations requiring one or more of the following general 11
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3. (U) Reproduction and Release of Emergency Action Procedures.

Because of their sensitivity, the Emergency Action Procedures
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are published in multiple volumes
to restrict access to detailed procedures to appropriate users
with a need to know. Furthermore, reproduction and release
of these procedures are governed by JCS Memorandum of Policy
No. 39, "Special safeguards for JCS Papers." Under this
policy, all agencies authorized to receive these procedures
shall employ every suitable measure to protect them against
unauthorized disclosure.

a. Reproduction to effect initial distribution of, to
extend initial distribution of, or to reissue these
Emergency Action Procedures will be restricted to that
authorized by the Secretary, Joint Chiefs of Staff.

(1) Chief of Staff, US Army; Chief of Naval Opera-
tions; Chief of Staff, US Air Force; and Commandant of
the Marine Corps, within their area of concern, are
authorized to distribute Emergency Action Procedures of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff within their respective
Services following the guidance provided in JCS Memo-
randum of Policy No. 39 and based on a strict NEED TO
KNOW.

(2) Commanders of unified and specified commands are
authorized to distribute Emergency Action Procedures of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff provided to them, including
extracts thereof, to their subordinate military
activities or commands as required by their NEED TO
KNOW. Whenever possible, extracts of these procedures
rather than the entire publication will be used.

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to any person or agency, military or civilian, not on the 3
original distribution list for these procedures yill be 4
referred to the Secretary, Joint Chiefs of Staff, for 5
appropriate action. 6

c. Because the emergency action procedures of the 7
Services and unified and specified commands are frequently 0

based on the Emergency Action Procedures of the Joint 9

Chiefs of Staff and contain extracts from them, the 30

safeguards above apply to those Service and unified and 32

specified command publications which reveal the Emergency 12

Action Procedures of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 13

4. (U) Revisions to the Publication. The Director for 14

Operations, Joint Staff, is responsible for maintaining these 15

procedures and for accomplishing revisions in accordance 15

with JCS Memorandum of Policy No. 114. Holders of this 17

document should submit comments and recommendations for 18

improvement to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, J-3 (ATTN: EA 19^

Division). The Director for Operations, Joint Staff, will 20

revise these procedures as required, making urgent revisions 21

by message and incorporating them into the next printed 22

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3. (U) Defense Communications Agency. The Defense Communica-
tions Agency assures long haul, rapid transmission of
emergency messages by exercising operational and managerial
direction over the Defense Communications System in accord-
ance with the mission, functions, and responsibility assigned
by the Secretary of Defense or by the Joint Chiefs of Staff
under the authority and direction of the Secretary of
Defense.

4 . { U ) The Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff . The
Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is responsible for
accomplishing the tasks specified herein and for those
matters which fall within its general cognizance as determined
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Authorities consist only of the President and the Secretary of 7
Defense or their duly deputized alternates or successors. The 8
chain of command runs from the President to the Secretary of 9
Defense and through the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the commanders 1£
of unified and specified commands. The channel of communica- 11^
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through the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, representing the 14_
Joint Chiefs of Staff, to the the executing commanders. (DOD 15
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of standard time .throughout the world). ZULU time is used - 17
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BACKGROUND (U) 2
(U) General . This chapter provides background information on the 3
US and NATO Alert Systems ;.and the US missile warning systems 4
which affect the Emergency Action Procedures of the Joint Chiefs 5
of Staff. The following descriptions are only brief summaries 6
of the systems and do not duplicate all of the information avail- 7
able from primary sources. For authoritative and detailed 8
information, users should refer to the source documents. 9

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conducted to insure a high level of proficiency in these pro- 4

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THE JOINT STAFF

MEMORANDUM FOR: See Distribution

Subject: Emergency Action Procedures of the Joint Chiefs of

Staff, Volume I - General (U)

1. (U) The Emergency Action Procedures of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff have been revised to accommodate the implementation of
SIOP 6A.

3. (U) Attention is directed to Chapter 1 regarding reproduction
and release of emergency action procedures. All recipients of
this document must ensure strict compliance with the directions
contained herein. Under no circumstances will the Emergency
Action Procedures of the Joint Chiefs of Staff be disclosed to
any agencies or individuals outside the Department of Defense
who are not on distribution for this document unless such
distribution has been approved in accordance with JCS Memorandum
of policy No. 39, "Special Safeguards for JCS Papers."

4. (U) Without attachment, this memorandum is downgraded to
CONFIDENTIAL.

CLASSIFIED BY DIRECTOR, J-3
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DISTRIBUTION

Commander in Chief, Atlantic
(Attention: J-31, J-7)

Commander in Chief, Aerospace Defense Command
(Attention: DOJC)

Commander in Chief, Central Command
(Attention: J-3)

US Commander in Chief, Europe
(Attention: ECJ3-CCD)

Commander in Chief, Pacific
(Attention: J-33)

Commander in Chief, US Readiness Command
(Attention: RCJ3-0E)

Commander in Chief, US Southern Command
(Attention: SCJ3 )

Commander in Chief, Strategic Air Command
(Attention: XPEL)

Commander, Alaskan Air Command
(Attention: DOC)

Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff
(Attention: JP, JL)

Director, National Security Agency
(Attention: S-75)

Deputy Directors for Operations, National Military Command
Center

Chief, Alternate National Military Command Center
Chief, National Emergency Airborne Command Post
Chief, Stragetic Offense Branch

Strategic Operations Division, J-3
Chief, Nuclear Contingency Branch

Strategic Operations Division, J-3
Chief, Nuclear Warfare Status Branch
Strategic Operations Division, J-3
Chief, Requirements Branch

Joint Operations Division, J-3
Chief, NMCS Operations Division, J-3
Chief, Command and Control Division, J-3

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VOLUME I

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GLOSSARY x

CHAPTER 1 GENERAL 1-1

Section I General 1-1

Section II Responsibilities 1-5

Section III Definitions 1-9

CHAPTER 2 COMMUNICATIONS 2-1

Section I Transmission of Emergency

Action Messages 2-1

Section II Communications Tests 2-13

Section III Emergency Conferences 2-17

Section IV CADs and AIGs Authorized for

Use with Emergency Action

Messages 2-23

Section V AIGs for RED and WHITE ROCKET

Messages 2-25

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Chiefs of Staff (JCS)

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Validity

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Messages

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Character Base

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Acknowledgment

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Actions Upon Receipt of a JCS
Emergency Action Message

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CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8

Approving Authority and Purpose
for JCS Alert, Preparation, and
Chemical Release Emergency

Action Messages 6-43

CHEMICAL RELEASE 7-1

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GLOSSARY

The abbreviations, brevity codes, and acronyms listed below are
in use in Volumes I, II, III, IV, V, and VI of the Emergency
Action Procedures of the Joint Chiefs of staff. An additional
glossary addressing EAM dissemination and communications systems
terminology is contained in Volume VII.

ADCOM Aerospace Defense Command

AFSATCOM Air Force Satellite Communications System

AIG ....Address Indicator Group

ANMCC Alternate National Military Command Center

AUTODIN "^.....Automatic Digital Network

AUTOSEVOCOM Automatic Secure Voice Communications

AUTOVON Automatic Voice Network

BMEWS Ballistic Missile Early Warning System

CCPDS Command Center Processing and Display System

CEP Circular error probable

CIC.. Content indicator code

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CINC Commander in Chief

CINCAD Commander in Chief, Aerospace Defense Command

CINCMAC Commander in Chief, Military Airlift Command

CINCNORAD Commander in Chief, North American Air

Defense Command

CINCSAC ....Commander in Chief, Strategic Air Command

CONUS Continental United States

CRI Collective routing indicator

DDO ( NMCC ) Deputy Director for Operations {National

Military Command Center) , Joint Staff

DEFCON Defense readiness condition

DGZ ...Desired ground zero

DIRNSA Director, National Security Agency

DSP..... Defense Support Program

EA Emergency action (s)

EAM Emergency action message

EAP Emergency action procedures

EAP-JCS Emergency Action Procedures of the Joint

Chiefs of Staff

ECP Emergency command precedence

EHF Extremely high frequency

EMERGCON Emergency condition

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Glossary

ERCS Emergency Rocket Communications System

FGD Footprint Group Designator

HF High frequency

ICBM Intercontinental ballistic missile

IEMATS Improved Emergency Message Automatic

Transmission System

J-3 Operations Directorate, Joint Staff

JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff

JCSAN JCS Alerting Network

JTF Joint task force

LERTCON Alert condition

LF ....Low frequency

MAC Military Airlift Command

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MOLINK Direct communications link (US-USSR)

NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NBC Nuclear Biological Chemical

NCA National Command Authorities

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NEACP

National Emergency Airborne Command Post

OJCS Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

PA Planning Assumption

PARCS Perimeter Acquisition Radar Attack

Characterization System

SAC Strategic Air Command

SACEUR.. Supreme Allied Commander, Europe

SACLANT Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic

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SLBM Sea-launched ballistic missile

SOI Space Object Identification

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TACAMO. Navy EC-130Q VLF relay aircraft

TDD Target DG2 designator

UHF Ultra high frequency

UK United Kingdom

US United States

USCINCCENT Commander in Chief, US Central Command

USCINCEUR US Commander in Chief, Europe

USCINCLANT. ...... .Commander in Chief, US Atlantic Command

USCINCRED Commander in Chief, US Readiness Command

USCINCSO Commander in Chief, US Southern Command

USEUCOM US European Command

USCINCPAC Commander in Chief, US Pacific Command

USLANTCOM US Atlantic Command

USPACOM .....US Pacific Command

USREDCOM US Readiness Cpmmand

USSOUTHCOM US Southern Command

USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

VLF Very low frequency

WWABNCP Worldwide Airborne Command Post System

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GENERAL (U)

1. (U) Purpose. The Emergency Action Procedures of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff (EAP-JCS) are designed to prescribe
the emergency action messages and procedures used by the
Joint Chiefs of Staff to maintain command and control of US
Forces and nuclear weapons.

2. (U) Concept . EAP-JCS are designed to accomplish the
following tasks:

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JCS will be disseminated on a strict need-to-know basis
only. EAP-JCS are published in separate volumes to restrict
access of critical procedures to those users with a specific
need to know. Reproduction and release of these procedures
are governed by JCS Memorandum of Policy No. 39, "Special
Safeguards for JCS Papers," and SM-313-FY, "Safeguarding the
Single Integrated Operational Plan."

a. (U) Reproduction to support implementation of the EAP-
JCS will be restricted to that authorized by the Director
for Operations, Joint Chiefs of staff.

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(1) (U) Chief of Staff, US Army; Chief of Naval
Operations; Chief of Staff, US Air Force; and
Commandant of the Marine Corps are authorized to
distribute EAP-JCS within their respective Services,
following the guidance in JCS Memorandum of policy No.
39.

(2) (U) Commanders of unified and specified commands
may distribute EAP-JCS to their subordinate military
activities or commands based on their NEED TO KNOW.
Whenever possible, extracts of these procedures will
be used.

b. (U) Requests for release of the EAP-JCS, or for
information therefrom, to any person or agency, military
or civilian, not on the original distribution list for
these procedures will be referred to the Secretary, Joint
Chiefs of Staff.

c. (U) Because emergency action procedures of the
Services and unified and specified commands are
frequently based on the EAP-JCS, the safeguards above
apply to those Service and unified and specified command
publications which reveal the EAP-JCS.

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4. (U) Revisions to the Publication. The Director for
Operations, Joint Staff, will maintain these procedures and
revise them. Submit comments and recommendations to the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, J-3 (ATTN: Command and Control
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(U) Commanders of Unified and Specified Commands
a. (U) The appropriate duty officers of unified and
specified commands must be thoroughly familiar with the
Emergency Action Procedures of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
(EAP-JCS) which apply to them and with the facilities,
equipment, and procedures provided to implement these
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the Joint Chiefs of Staff under the authority and direction
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4. (U) The Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The
Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is responsible for
accomplishing the tasks contained herein.

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1. (u) JCS Pub 1 contains standard definitions for planning
and operational use. Listed below are definitions which
either do not appear in JCS Pub 1 or which need to be
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